#C74B3D#C74B3D

#C74B3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74B3D
RGB	rgb(199, 75, 61)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 69.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, 48.58, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 59.43, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1404 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.161 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9143, 17.5149, 6.3774)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74B3D #3DB9C7

analogous

#C73D74 #C74B3D #C7903D

triadic

#C74B3D #3DC74B #4B3DC7

tetradic

#C74B3D #74C73D #3DB9C7 #903DC7

square

#C74B3D #74C73D #3DB9C7 #903DC7

split-complementary

#C74B3D #3DC790 #3D74C7

monochromatic

#6B271F #9A382D #C74B3D #D5776C #E2A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#C74B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#C74B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74B3D

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74B3D	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D633B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 75, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8373',
    500: '#c74b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74b3d;
$custom-light: #df8373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57806,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74B3D

secondary

#91C8CE

accent

#CFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74B3D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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